Unit 1 Theories
Theories of ageing
Attachement theories
Nature vs Nurture
Intellectual development theories
bromley's theory: loss of physical and mental capabilities
spending time with your family member when they're in later adulthood
Activity theory- , proposes that successful aging occurs when older adults stay active and maintain social interactions.
Henry and Cummings' Social disengagement theory- Elderly people natural withdraw from society.
atchleys continuity theory
Bowlby- Attachment with main caregiver
Ainsworth strange situation and types of attachments
Scaffer and Emerson-
Stages of attachment
Piaget's stages of cognitive development and schemas
Chomsky developed the LAD device
Bandura's SLT
Gesells theory of maturation
Postitive/ negative reinforcement
BOBO dolls
attention, retention, reproduction and motivation
development as the inevitable unfolding of events determined internally by the forces of genetics and the neuromaturational processes that the genes direct.
Stages
Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old)
Preoperational stage (2–7 years old)
Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old)
Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)
a hypothetical tool in the human brain that lets children learn and understand language quickly.
Ainsworth's Strange Situation (1970) used structured observational research to assess & measure the quality of attachment. It has 8 pre-determined stages, including the mother leaving the child, for a short while, to play with available toys in the presence of a stranger & alone and the mother returning to the child
Bowlby believed that the five attachment behaviours – sucking, clinging, following, crying, and smiling – were developed in human beings through natural selection
Infants tend to become attached to the mother first, then form attachments with other figures (such as the father) later on- usually by the age of 18 months.